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Comment by TenaciousMike

This item looks to be a really nice upgrade to the Shivering Felspine for Hunters. The fact that you can get this from a vendor (after a bit of a rep grind) makes it pretty much gravy. Expect to see most hunters going into early raiding with one of these.

Comment by koimagheul

considering its name and the faction you can get this from, i'd have expected something... maybe... a little more "death knightesque" ^^nice blade for hunter though... maybe lacking some +hit

Comment by ChasMann

Other than the blade DK's get by questing in thier starter zone, there are no other weapons that look appropriate for a DK. It is really pathetic.

Comment by Elzam

The Runeblade of Demonstrable Power, for anyone seeking to get a head start on planning Wrath of the Lich King, is only slightly inferior to other 2H items such as the Savage Gladiator's Greatsword/Bonegrinder due to its focus on Attack Power.

In addition, the reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade gains access to the Glyph of Torment, granting 50 Attack Power and 20 Critical Strike Rating.

The other faction that many will be hustling to achieve status with will be the Sons of Hodir, who begin selling shoulder glyphs at Revered Reputation. These Revered glyphs are equal to the epic ones provided by the Scryer/Aldor (the Aldor physical DPS exalted Glyph is exactly the same stats).

It would then be a reasonable use of a fresh 80's time, if they are capable of running heroics already (T6+ gear), to temporarily eschew the Sons of Hodir and instead use Icecrown for their final leveling destination as it will unlock Shadow Hold and provide daily quests that give Ebon Blade reputation. By doing so, a player may at the end of a grind to Revered (using the Tabard and the new Championing system) have access to the Runeblade of Demonstrable Power and Glyph of Torment, whereas anyone focusing on Sons of Hodir reputation only has access to shoulder glyphs that are equal with those still obtainable through Fel Armaments/Arcane Tomes. I personally will be holding on to a bit of Holy Dust as I enter Northrend just in case.

Comment by Skipah

Sold by Duchess Mynx at 43.20, inside The Shadow Vault.

Comment by rosencrants

Not TOO bad, but as a DK tank I'd rather have something with stam/strength. This is better suited for hunters/warriors

Comment by XxdeathscallinxX

One of the best names ever. No doubt :E

Comment by devilmaster3691

Looks sexy

Comment by coolguyry

Probably just by telling by this weapons stats and name, this is probably much more of a death knight affliated weapon. But even though ret pallies and arms warriors could use this too, this could probably be better for a death knight. But as for now, I guess we could just wait and have to see what classes eventually use this.

Comment by Skeletalwrlk

Kind of too fat and too short. I think they need to make it skinnier and longer

Comment by smedley68

thats what she said

Comment by xief

Arms warrior? The haste makes this an excellent Titan's Grip weapon. My Fury Warrior will be upgrading The Blade of Harbingers with a couple of these.

Comment by Zulas

lol too epic

Comment by Kwanza

I wish I could downvote you more than once. You don't have a $%^&ing clue what you're taking about.

Comment by warrboss

Im not sure where you are getting your numbers.

The gives 61.98 dps for hunters.

compare that to at a whopping 114.11 dps.

For a paladin: 1,156.76 dps

Compare that to:

1,248.45 dps

Not that inferior whatsoever.

Comment by DUCKVILLELOL

Here I was thinking that it glowed blue aswell - doh!

Comment by Rekiv

Was sad to replace my shivering felspine with this but and unpgrade is an upgrade. On a side note, this thing should glow or something as they still haven't added any effects to most of the new weapon enchants.

Comment by Felblood

i don't know why but when i equip this sword in my MH as a fury warr starting with nothing it decreases my crit% by a lil over 5% really retarded bug seeing as how this is one of the best to dual weild to date. When i equip it in OH it applies its stats normally.

Comment by twinkfreek

Choad Blade?

Comment by wildobagins

Significant upgrade for all Hunters who have either the Wyrmclaw Battle Axe or the Icier Barbed Spear, more crit, more AP and overall as I said before quite a significant upgrade, Also, you should be grinding rep with Ebon Blade for your Quiver Pattern and Spaulders off this same vendor, Hunters on the whole shouldn't "need" to go above revered with this faction in terms of item requirements but everyone loves getting exalted.

Comment by DeathandDecay

I think it give very very much crit chance and ap and attack damage i may say the best 2h blue in whole game :D

Comment by lihaug

With the exception of BoP shoulder enchants obtained through inscription.

Comment by Emerica

This weapon has several disadvantages over others reputation 2Hs for Death Knights (mainly due the fact that there is no Str but Agi on this weapon): - Agility does not work on your spells (Death Coil, Icy Touch...) while Crit Rating does. - without Strength, you lose a lot of utility from your Rune of the Fallen Crusader +30% Str buff: without for example 80 Str, you lose about (80+80*0.3=104; 104*2 = 208 AP) when the buff is active. - the AP gain from Bladed Armor is very very poor, as 64 Agi = 124 Armor, and Bladed Armor 5/5 gives 5 AP per 180 Armor, the AP bonus is less than 5...

Comment by akiuk

i would a little over 340 ap from this (with 110 ap enchant), and that's not counting the 10% ap bonus from trushot. great 2H for any hunter pre-raid

Comment by geordiesi

For 2h users, single and TG.I need to mention that when trying to decide wether to use this or Argent Skeleton Crusher for an off hand along with Titansteel Destroyer as a main hand I stumbled upon what maybe the decider, when upgrading weapons through leveling I noticed that adamantite sharpening stones will not go on weapons of over lvl 177 ish, I was aware there were no lvl 80 sharpening stones in the WotLK expansion, however adamantite weightstones are still able to be put on maces at this lvl, 200. I don't know if this is an oversight or if they will go on higher lvl weapons but at this stage I have to go with the mace for that reason. The benefits of 2 adamantite weightstones which stack and count for each weapon anyway is amazing even at lvl 80. As a human btw I get expertise bonus for swords and maces, other races may differ.

Comment by griffy1

This thing looks pretty awesome.

Comment by Mecantar

Funny, the stats on this thing is really leaning towards Hunters then DKs with "Runeblade" in it's name.

Comment by bowtothescurge

Then again you have to realize that all but a few of a DKs attacks are mele of which the crit does apply. and with my 30% crit rating this gives me, every third attack I do more than makes up for the strength loss. I have tried significant int. sockets on all of my socketable gear and it does virtually nothing. so that means your spells aren't useless of course but they are no where near as important to put stats for.

Comment by bowtothescurge

You tard agility and crit rating aren't the same thing. and it DOES have 168 attack power. look at the stats well first.

Comment by Oberscht

There's already a little range of lvl 80 2h-swords in PvE (4), but into the bargain, the best one you can get before raiding looks like a saw. Ugh.

Comment by Emerica

Thanks for not directly using free insults. I am debating about the fact that this weapon has a +63 agi white bonus and its utility for Death Knights, did you get that?

And where the hell did I say that Agility and Crit Rating are the same thing? Please reread my post and you'll see that I've even explained the difference between the two stats.

Yes it does have 168 AP. But that's not trough Strength. For your information, Strength adds parry rating and scales with various buffs while pure AP like here won't.

Comment by Overhauled

fricking makes u look like Kisame... kewl...

Comment by LordKain

Of course, hunters see the +agi and they automatically think the wep is for them only. This wep is good for ALL 2-h DPS users.

Comment by Sindele

Runeblade of Demonstrable Christmas Spirit.

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Comment by SwordDealer

Strange how no-one mentioned this is also good for Warriors, I'm getting one or two when I get revered with Ebon Blade.

Comment by bpmike83

I got Saliva Coroded Pike before i was revered with Ebon blade and i'm blad i did. the pike is better than the runeblade of demonstrable power. the top end damage on the spear makes it better than the sword...although the sword does have very nice crit and a little haste....top end damage on a 2hander is better for dk's in most cases.

bottom line....if you already have saliva coroded pike from heroic VH...don't bother spending 80g on this sword. it has NO stam, less ap and less top end damage...and little more crit and haste.

Comment by Thalassicus

Incidentally, since the item level (200) of this is identical to the Titansteel Destroyer, only blue instead of purple, it's only minorly worse and a very easy starting weapon to aquire for many classes at level 80 -- especially as DK's, who start at a high initial rep with Ebon Blade from starting quests.

The damage max-min range of this is only 6% less than the Destroyer, and costs ~3000g less. Also, it is not unique, thus Titan's Grip warriors can pick up two.

Comment by Thalassicus

Incidentally, since the item level (200) of this is identical to the Titansteel Destroyer, only blue instead of purple, it's only minorly worse and a very easy starting weapon to aquire for many classes at level 80 -- especially as DK's, who start at a high initial rep with Ebon Blade from starting quests.

The damage max-min range of this is only 6% less than the Destroyer, and costs ~3000g less. Also, it is not unique, thus Titan's Grip warriors can pick up two.

Comment by Alexbeav

Is this better for Ret Palas than http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44244 (soz can't get the link to work) ? I thought our main focus was Strenght but this gives none yet gets more points when I look up gear for Retribution Paladin. Opinions please ?

Comment by Coilz0r

This is a very strong offhand for a fury warrior using titan's grip given the excellent stat budget. Low on hit but if you can get the hit elsewhere, this is a good solid choice.

Comment by Deafknight

Prove me if am wrong but,in the 3rd screenshoot,he dual-wields the weapon.Doesnt it say its a Two-hand weapon?

Comment by castorjay

I dont know if I used the comparison tool right, but I just compared this with the Titansteel Destroyer and used my class (ret pally) as the weight and this got a better score! No more farming titanium for me!

Comment by DeathKnightArmy

It shows you items you can get fairly easily before raiding to boost your DPS.

"Below is a sample listing of the Gear which a Death Knight would want to get to begin their Journey into Naxxramas 10. I've included several items which can be attained through Normal Dungeons, Heroic Dungeons and Crafting. I've also put in some quest rewards if no better drops are available from Normal Mode dungeons."

Comment by vaad

According to Rawr, this item is ranked #6 for hunter DPS. Items 1-5 all drop in Naxx or Eye of Eternity, so I will most definitely be picking up one of these once my rep grind is done.

Comment by darkwarrior42

For what it's worth, the fact that this item doesn't use any stat points on Stamina means it's probably better for DPS than most other 2-handed weapons of equal item level/rarity, unless you specifically need a stat that this weapon doesn't have.

Comment by Arkham

Anyone else think the name "Runeblade of Demonstrable Power" sounds a little too dull and stuffy for a weapon like this?

Imagine if the Ashbringer were "Sword of Ash Conveyance." Just doesn't have the same punch to it when a weapon's name is too verbose. Also, the word "Demonstrable" makes it sound more modest than impressive.

Comment by Arkham

Guys, I realize the Ashbringer is a Legendary item, believe me.

My point is that giving a weapon like this a lengthy and awkward name makes it seem less impressive than it could or should seem.Weapon names with too many syllables are really only a good idea if you're going for comedic effect, and I don't think that was the idea here.

Comment by Jolt981

This, IMHO, is an amazing sword considering what you have to do to get it. Honestly, I didnt replace it until i got the claymore from four horsemen, and I still have one in my OH (was DWing). Just because of the stat distribution it's a great weapon, and honestly its not worth the extra 500~g (depending on server) for the crafted epics.

Comment by DELGenome852

Much better than the Argent Skeleton Crusher for TG warriors.

Comment by kemikalkadet

It certainly is a great sword, the 200 item level makes it on par with naxx-10 and crafted epics. To be honest though, the Titansteel destroyer is still worth getting over this imo. For titans grip warriors the runeblade makes the perfect offhand to be coupled with the destroyer in main hand, but i wouldn't want to dual weild the Runeblade. Destroyer mats are ~6-800g which is a few hours farming if you're savvy.

Comment by 3clipse

On their own the stalactites are worse than the Runeblade, but the fact that 2x Accuracy is 50 hit rating and 50 crit rating, whereas Massacre is simply 110 AP, gives the dual wielded stalactites a significant advantage.

This is assuming, of course, that you're not hit capped, and aren't in need of a significant amount of haste.

Comment by ventolin

The Runeblade of Demonstable Power. aka, The Mutha*!@#in' Chainsaw.

Comment by jefflovealex

snap oh you got him

Comment by Runicgamer

How much does it cost?

Comment by Nashraketh

As of patch 3.0.8, now has no hit penalty.

Comment by Runicgamer

Should be blue or red and be more lengthy and skinny. I was thinking it looked like a toy, too.

Comment by Runicgamer

Btw this is way better than the savage gladiator's greatsword. More DPS, higher crit strike rating, and it attacks faster.

Comment by Heartofearth

Is this good for deathknights? I'm a little wary due to the haste and agility, so could someone clear this up for me. If it is good, what specs is it best for? Thanks.

Comment by Dubster1994

Now it instead decreases damage done by 10% as of patch 3.1.

Comment by deepzs123

Would this be better than the 2h axe from H HoL for a TG warrior

Comment by DeathKnightDude

i'm still trying to get it, i'm a new lv. 80 and i am really deperate for strong and powerful lv. 80 two handed swords.

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Comment by ilidiandemon

It seems that his atk power turned out in to a good chunk os stamina lol

3.3.5 stats:

63 Agility168 Attack Power67 Critical33 Haste

Comment by stryder3323

Now not a half-bad idea for a DK tank, as the large amounts of stamina is always splendid, the attack power being gone makes it a much less valuable choice to other classes, so overall I can't see this being very worthwhile to anyone but a DK tank, who even then, could find much better strength choices easily, as the parry from strength outweighs the benefits of agility.

Overall: I think this is a much less valuable choice.Cata is out anyway, people probably don't care anymore. :)

Comment by GarbageJuice

No comments on the fact that this "Runeblade" has an image of a ship anchor on the hilt?